1940 - Frank Sinatra records "I'll Never Smile Again" with Tommy Dorsey
1934 - American bank robbers, Bonnie and Clyde, are ambushed by police and killed.
1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, The Karnival Kid, is released.
1911 - Dedication of New York Public Library.
1785 - Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
This Day In Business
1995 - Java releases the first version of its programming language.
1922 - Walt Disney incorporates his first film company, Laugh-O-Gram Films, in Kansas City.
1568 - The beginning of the Eighty Years War fought between the Dutch and Spanish.
2002 - Shawn Green has one of the best games in MLB history when he goes 6 -6 hitting 4 homeruns.
May 23rd Holiday
World Turtle Day - raises awareness and appreciation for the plight of turtles and tortoises on a global scale.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He crossed multiple genres in his music, but came to define the revival of the soul genre in the 1990s. Who is he?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
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